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Lisa Bowleg, Ph.D., an associate professor at Philadelphia's Drexel University School of Public Health, focuses primarily on community health and prevention issues for women. Yet at this year's International AIDS Conference, she presented a study on what she calls the "missing link" of HIV-prevention work in Black communities: heterosexual men.
Here, Dr. Bowleg explains the surprising things she learned -- and their use in her future work -- about distress, sex, Black men and HIV.
What was your research about? And what made you decide to turn the focus of your work from women to men?
There are typically two people -- a man and a woman -- in a heterosexual sexual encounter. Why should she bear greater responsibility, given that his behaviors are likely to play a larger role in the transmission of the virus to her? Why do we exclude Black men from leadership to end this epidemic in our communities? Why are our expectations for Black heterosexual men so chillingly low or nonexistent when it comes to HIV prevention? You can always count on women to be out front, taking the initiative to care for their loved ones and communities. Now it's time for heterosexual brothers to step up and co-lead.
On a community level, what do you think are the best kinds of programs to protect Black heterosexual men from high-risk behavior?
Structurally based interventions are desperately needed. A host of structural factors -- such as unemployment, incarceration, racism, police harassment and surveillance, and neighborhood violence -- disproportionately impact Black men's lives. To assume that HIV prevention is or should be their primary concern seems quite shortsighted. We need interventions such as job training and workforce development and housing programs. We need to address the complex structural factors that, as Dr. Rafael Diaz has noted in his research on social discrimination and HIV risk among Latino gay and bisexual men, constrain individuals' ability to protect themselves and their partners from HIV. My research shows that we have lots to do in terms of changing traditional gender-role norms -- for example, that real men have sex with lots of women and should not be gay or bisexual. Brazil, Ethiopia and India have succeeded in changing traditional notions of masculinity to enhance HIV prevention. Similar interventions should exist for heterosexual men in the U.S.
If you had to choose one, which structural factor was most commonly discussed in your interviews as a cause of high-risk sexual behavior?
My research team and I hypothesize (and plan to test) that psychological distress links these factors. That is, men who have experienced all of these factors -- unemployment, discrimination and so on -- are likely to be more distressed. They may engage in various risk behaviors, such as having sex under the influence of drugs or alcohol or with lots of women, as a way of coping.
We also examine gender-role strain. Lots of men we interviewed have talked about the stress of not being able to financially support their families. We plan to investigate whether the man who is distressed about not being able to support his family -- our society tells us that this is what "real men" should do -- may have sex with more women to compensate.
We also are very interested in factors that protect Black men. So we're investigating how factors such as religiosity or spirituality, coping and social support might buffer against distress and in turn reduce HIV sexual risk.
Will this lead to any new studies for you?
Absolutely yes! We plan to disseminate lots of interesting findings, including on masculinity ideologies, resilience in Black men, sexual concurrency, sexual scripts, and religiosity and spirituality.
As for future studies, I am excited about a collaboration with the National Comprehensive Center for Fatherhood (NCCF), which provides employment training and life development to thousands of Black men in Philadelphia. We just conducted focus groups to examine where HIV falls as a priority for men in the NCCF program. We plan to apply for a grant to develop and test an employment-based intervention for Black men in the program. It's a wonderful opportunity to bridge academic work with that of a community-based organization.


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Low back pain (LBP) is a major medical problem. Worldwide, from 60% to 80% of people will have it during their lifetime and 2% to 5% will have it at any given time.
In the United States, LBP is the one of the most common problems for which people visit a doctor [1] and is the most common cause of disability under age 45. The total annual cost in the United States for health care and lost productivity is nearly $100 billion. However, only 10% of the patients account for 90% of the cost. Thus its management and its impact on our workforce are a major drain on the American economy. Our approach to this disease must be changed.
Before discussing the treatment of a disease, it is important to know its natural history — what happens when it is not treated. The natural history is the benchmark against which all proposed treatments must be measured. In order for a treatment to be valid, it must get the person better in less time and with fewer side effects than no treatment. To demonstrate validity, it is necessary to compare groups of people who are treated with similar people who are not treated (control groups) to see whether the outcome with treatment is better than the natural course of the disease.
Acute LBP is pain that has been present for three months or less. The list of treatments for it is very long. Most are claimed to have about a 90% success rate. However, most people with uncomplicated acute LBP get better within one month, and 90 % recover within three months. This is why so many treatments for LBP appear to work so well. Although many have a scientific or authoritative appearance, most have not been substantiated [2].
When to See a Doctor
There is no need to run to a doctor for every little ache and pain; yet significant problems should not be ignored. Any of the following circumstances are reason to see a doctor:
- Pain that is present for more than a month without improving, or occurs at rest, or is worsening.
- Advanced age, unexplained weight loss, or past history of cancer.
- Long-term steroid use, which can weaken the bones and increase susceptibility to fractures.
- Recent urinary tract infection or unexplained fever.
- Trauma capable of causing a fracture, such as a high-impact auto accident or a serious fall.
- In the elderly, minor trauma, especially if the person has osteoporosis.
- Severe weakness or numbness in a leg, the genital area or the buttocks; or change in the ability to urinate or have a bowel movement. These are signs of possible impairment of spinal nerves.
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If no signs of fracture, infection, tumor, or neurologic defect are present, spinal x-ray exams, CT scans, MRIs, or EMGs are not necessary. Nor are fancy or expensive treatments. Recovery will take place just as quickly without them.
Since most people with uncomplicated LBP recover spontaneously, is any treatment truly helpful? The answer is yes. Scientific studies show that patients who are educated about LBP and reassured about their problem tend to get better faster and have less discomfort than control groups. Activity is also beneficial. Patients who exercise get better faster and, if they keep exercising, are less likely to have future episodes. Activity that significantly increases pain should be avoided, but a little pain while exercising is OK.
Spinal manipulations, when used during the first month after symptoms appear, can decrease the amount of pain and shorten the episode. Spinal manipulation is the application of force by hand to selected joints of the spine. If manipulation does not bring relief within 2-4 weeks, additional manipulation is unlikely to be beneficial. Once the pain has subsided, additional manipulation is unnecessary and has no proven preventive value.
For severe symptoms, pain-relief medication may be helpful. The amount of pain relief and the speed of return to activities are similar with narcotics and non-narcotics. However, narcotics have a significantly higher incidence of side effects and complications. Therefore, narcotics are rarely useful.
In uncomplicated cases, reassurance and appropriate activities are the best treatment. Remember that 90% of all patients in this category get better, even without treatment. After a few days of taking it easy (avoid lifting, carrying, or bending), a progressive exercise program of isometric strengthening, range-of-motion exercises, stretching, and aerobic conditioning should be started. Often, it is best if a physical therapist provides instruction. Heat, ultrasound, massage, electrical stimulation, and traction may provide a few hours of relief, but they offer no lasting benefit and are expensive. Sleeping on a firm mattress is usually a good idea.
Complicated Cases
If you are among the 10% who do not get better despite an appropriate exercise program, several options are available. Most patients would rather avoid surgery (rightly so). Unfortunately, it is often the best option. Many conservative (non-operative) treatments exist, but most do not work. For patients with a preponderance of leg symptoms whose MRI scan shows a small disc herniation, an epidural block may be helpful. This is an injection into the space around the nerve in the spine, typically with a local anesthetic and a steroid to decrease inflammation. Scientific studies have shown that facet blocks (local anesthetic injections into the small joints in the back of the spine) and rhizotomies (insertion into the spine of a probe that cuts or destroys the nerve that carries the pain) are not effective.
If leg pain, numbness, weakness, or loss of sphincter control occur, an MRI scan should be obtained to look for signs of spinal nerve impingement. This procedure is painless and does not involve needles or even X-rays. If the MRI reveals a large (greater than 6 mm) disc herniation, surgery to remove the part of the disc that is pressing on the nerve is the best treatment, preferably within six months. Removal through a small skin incision (an open discectomy) is still the "gold standard." The newer techniques of laser surgery, microsurgery, arthroscopy, and percutaneous discectomy (suction of disc material through a tube is placed through the skin) have not been proven superior to open discectomy, and their long-term effects are unknown.
Sometimes the MRI reveals spinal stenosis. This is usually seen in older patients, and is a narrowing of the space for the nerves. It is caused by enlargement of the joints and ligaments due to arthritic change. Epidural blocks usually work, but only for a short time. The only effective treatment for this condition is laminectomy, a surgical procedure in which thickened areas of bone and ligament are trimmed, leaving more room for the nerves.
Chronic back pain is a more complex problem. Some patients may benefit from fusing two vertebral bones together. However, deciding which patient will benefit is extremely difficult and requires more extensive testing and more complex decision-making.
1. Woodwell D. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 1997 Summary. Advance Data #305, May 20, 1999. [
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- 2. Bigos SJ et al. Acute Low Back Pain Problems in Adults. Clinical Practice Guideline No. 14. AHCPR Publication No. 95-0642. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, 1994.
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Dolce embraces a deceptively simple philosophy: the pursuit of perfection in the art of late harvest winemaking. Created in 1985 by the partners of Far Niente, its existence is the result of overcoming remarkable adversity and developing expertise where no one else in the U.S. had it. Dolce stands as the pinnacle, where Mother Nature and craftsmanship combine to define luxury through a wine capable of flirting with your emotions like no other.
With a classic blend of late harvest Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc, Dolce is the only American winery dedicated to producing a single late harvest wine. Dolce has brought forth a wine in every vintage, yet in small, unpredictable quantities; witness to the incredible difficulties presented every year in the effort to make Dolce.
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HuffPo High-Schooler with Lesbian Moms Feels Left Out of Father's Day
Abby Bergman has an ax to grind. An LGBT activist "all her life," according to her bio, the high school junior is also the daughter of a lesbian couple, and as a result … thinks we should chuck Father's Day out the window.
Bergman just wrote a Father's Day piece (read, an anti-Father's Day piece) for the Huffington Post called "Celebrating Father's Day With Two Moms," in which she whined that the traditional holiday was not quite inclusive enough. Although nothing stopped her from honoring "all the typical 'father things' that my moms do for me every day," Bergman still managed to gripe.
She began by complaining that she felt "left out" when her grade school classmates made Father's Day gifts. This "separated" her from her friends who had dads, she pouted. "I continued to participate in the festivities and even once brought an uncle to a father's day party," Bergman explained. "While I love my uncle, ultimately it is weird to honor my uncle on Father's Day, just because he's a man," she admitted.
Bergman also didn't like the fact that her friends were part of a daddy-daughter group she couldn't participate in. "I wanted to join, my friends seemed like they were having a lot of fun." But finding a "male figure" in her life to join with her was "really unappealing" to Bergman.
Her conclusion? Not that every child deserves both a father and mother – not at all. Bergman would rather see male-specific parent appreciation days – like Father's Day – get scratched off the calendar. "I don't deny that we need a day to recognize our parents – maybe even more than one," claimed Bergman, "But in our modern society shouldn't we be able to celebrate a holiday that includes everyone? Families come in all shapes and sizes."
Dads don't deserve a day specially dedicated to them, it seems. Bergman argued that we shouldn't be "pressured by society (and Hallmark) to recognize a parent of a particular gender." What would she prefer? Well, she would really like it "if we all use every day to thank and honor all of our parents."
A world where nobody gets honored for anything special – just everybody gets honored everyday for everything? Sure, Abby, that sounds great. Of course, she didn't actually ever mention getting rid of Mother's Day – but maybe that wouldn't fly so well with her "two moms."
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It's getting close to the time for the SQLServerCentral party events this fall, and time to start gathering up SWAG to give to people. In the past, I've hosted a SQLServerCentral party at the PASS Summit, and it's always been a good time. Our first year, 8 years ago, we gave away shirts to people that had registered using our referral code, and it was a madhouse.
Since then, I've had more organized events, giving away a polo shirt and a book to each person along with random prizes at the party. This year, I decided to make a change for a few reasons.
First, my budget is down. The contract with PASS this year has me getting lower referrals for people that are repeat attendees. That and fewer people registering for now, mean that I'm going to lose money this year. That's OK, since it's a marketing event, but I have to watch the budget closer.
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We still have a book, though it's a Stumper's book this year, and not a "Best Of". Costs all around are higher, so we had to make a decision. We still might do a "Best of" this year, but it won't be the giveaway for PASS.
I'll still have other prizes available, and will be gathering up some DVDs, books, and other stuff during October. I won't be at the party, but Brad will have things under control and it should be a great time.


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This has been a great year for me, blogwise, and pretty good otherwise. It all started with Donni and Good Yarn Karma, which lead me to Bells, which lead me to Amy, who always makes me think, George, who always makes me smile, Jejune, who does great knitting paintings most recently featured in Vogue Knitting (squeeeeeee!), and Tink, my shoe twin (all amongst others). Regular knitting catchups with my former work colleagues (all blogless) as well as 3 great women in Sydney, give me something else to look forward to every month or so, as well as a chance to flash (in person) the latest stash or FO or WIP, as well as to pet the same from the others.
New friends also came from a chance comment, and from a knitterly letter swap. For an introvert like me, blogging has made getting to know people so much easier - typing an email or a blog entry is so much less confronting than walking into a room full of people I don't know and trying to get someone's attention. And I can be the person I want to be without being constrained by my shyness or lack of social eptness!
According to my FO tag, I've finished 31 things this year. I know it's been a few more, as there are some things I haven't blogged yet and some I won't bother blogging (who really needs to see another ballband dishcloth!! But I do love knitting them!). I'm pretty happy with that number, although seriously, I need to ramp it up if I'm ever going to get through the stash.
Speaking of stash, Knit From Your Stash 2007 pretty much didn't do it for me. I blame the sock yarn exception. Oh, yeah, and my complete lack of willpower. Sigh! As I've signed up for No Guilt Stash, I don't feel that bad...but I do plan on shopping the stash more this year, rather than shopping for stash!
More additions to the stash came from some very generous knitters, some doing giveaways and some just for - the most recent of which arrived on Christmas Eve (it arrived Sarah!!). The pictures were done in a bit of a rush, and now we've left the camera at my MIL's so these will have to do. Sarah bought all of these items from Etsy sellers - how cool is that!
Alpaca/merino sock yarn, cool stitch markers and a row counter bracelet (both from Hide and Sheep), a very neat button closure purse/pouch and the sweetest little badges - one each for knitting, crochet, sewing, quilting and needlepoint! Thanks Sarah! I love all of these things - I've been thinking about getting a row counter bracelet for a while now - yippee!
Knitting firsts in 2007: felting (love it!) and lace (love it - just need lots of uninterrupted concentration time). Will 2008 be the year of colourwork? Probably not, but one day, I will try it!
Favourite FO of the year: Embossed Leaves Socks, without a doubt! The combination of Koigu, colour, clever pattern, fabulous effect. Love these socks. Will knit them again. Quite possibly with the alpaca/merino yarn from Sarah! A close second is husby's Beau. There's nothing quite like making a large garment for someone you love. Beau only just edges out clapotis, actually...
Favourite post of the year: Who would have thought that RoseRed's Standard of Stash Systemisation would take off! A close second is this post - quite funny, for me anyway!
Surprise of the year: Setting up two new blogs - both with the fabulous and energetic Bells - Mouthfuls of Heaven, where we document our love of Nigella, and Southern Summer of Socks, self-explanatory, I hope! Oh and Ravelry - how cool is Ravelry?!
What about you - what are you favourites, firsts or surprises for 2007?
And Happy New Year to everyone - if I have left anyone off this it's only because I think about 5700 links is probably enough for one posts. I cannot express in words how much I enjoy this blogging lark and all that comes with it, most particularly the connections I have made over the past 18 months. Thank you all.


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With power now a chief concern for enterprises and home users, alike, chip maker Intel has compiled a number of solutions designed to curb power usage under a single umbrella: Less Watts.
|Intel has compiled a number of solutions for Linux shops that are designed to curb power usage.
What sets the initiative apart is that it is targeted specifically at Linux users.
"What's interesting about this project is that it's an umbrella project covering a broader range of things already in existence," Dirk Hohndel, chief Linux and open source technologist, told InternetNews.com. "It's an open source project, and we want to create a community that shares tips, helps each other and creates a focal point around saving power."
Among the projects Intel has grouped under the Less Watts umbrella is the Intel-sponsored PowerTOP tool. Hohndel explained that PowerTOP is a little runtime tool that analyzes what is running and provides suggestions on how to improve your system and make it more efficient.
There are also already efforts in the Linux kernel, including the "tickless idle," which is a power saving-feature that aims to reduce power consumption while the OS is idle.
At the core of power conservation for Intel is getting the operating system to do less needless work. "The biggest power waster is that the system wakes up thousands of times per second to do things it doesn't need to do," Hohndel said.
Using some of the tools and tips Less Watts offers, an enterprise can save 10 watts of power on a normal dual-processor server, Hohndel continued. Add to that the fact that for every watt not created, the 1.3 watts of energy needed to cool the server is saved.
"The impact is dramatic," Hohndel said.
He admitted that although the projects listed on Less Watts are tested and developed for Intel silicon, he has no doubt they my potentially impact other vendors, including rival AMD.
As a community open source project, Hohndel said Intel is not restricting the effort to just Intel, although Intel is the focus, since it started the effort. Linux vendors Red Hat and Novell have also endorsed the project.
Less Watts is geared toward Linux users as opposed to users of any other operating system. Hohndel explained that applying some of the techniques described on the site would be difficult, though not impossible, to port to other operating systems.
Hohndel cited the tickless idle changes in the Linux kernel as an example, describing them as being at the very core of the operating system and thus not easily transported.
Although Intel has focused Less Watts on Linux, Intel is careful not to rank it as the most power-efficient operating system.
"It's extremely hard to benchmark other OSs," Hohndel said. "It's difficult to do, so we have not spent the time trying to create fair benchmarks."
What Intel has done is simply taken a specific server running Linux out of the box, measured its power usage, applied the change, then measured again to see the delta. Hohndel said that from a macro perspective, the power saving is what's important.
"We've stayed clear from competitive benchmarking across OSs and flavors of OSs," Hohndel said. "We don't want Intel to be perceived as the judge. I am thrilled if vendors want to compete on this, but it is not something we are trying to push today."
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They're big and orange -you can't miss them. Cameras all along the side of I-540. Drivers are wondering why they were put there.
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department District Engineer Joe Shipman told 40/29 the department is using the cameras to help with construction.
"We have several cameras throughout the project to monitor the traffic flow. The contractor will use those cameras to monitor traffic flow to bring trucks in and out to facilitate their work," said Shipman.
The highway department isn't only using the cameras for construction around Fort Smith. Shipman said the State Police also have access to those cameras. If any accidents happen in the construction zone, Shipman said, they'll be able to respond more quickly.
Driver Don Brown said he thinks the cameras will make drivers more alert on I-540. "I think there'll be a decrease in traffic violations because people will know that they're up and those people will start driving safer," said Brown.
Shipman said the cameras also keep you safer because they help police find the best route for emergency vehicles to reach you. The highway department said the cameras are temporary and this is the first time cameras are being used in a work zone in the River Valley.


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Welcome to La Grange chiro. Chiropractic is one of the most amazing healthcare professions, but very few people understand what it's all about. We hope to help you gain a basic understanding of how our La Grange chiropractors can help you and your family.
What is Chiropractic in General?
Chiropractic is a profession within the health care field that deals with the neuro-musculoskeletal system of the human body. A doctor of chiropractic will diagnose, treat and prevent injuries and disorders of the nerves, muscles and bones. While a chiropractor will diagnose and treat these resultant injuries and disorders, the main objective of the chiropractor is the removal of nerve interference allowing the body to heal itself without invasive procedures and/or drugs. As would be the case with any other field of care, our patients at American Chiropractors of Akron receive a thorough consultation including history and examination of their major complaint. After considering possible causes of the patients' condition a diagnosis is established and a treatment plan is created. Should a patient require treatment outside the scope of chiropractic care they are referred to the appropriate medical specialist in our area. As the science of chiropractic has evolved so have the techniques used within its practice. Common treatment methods have grown to include nutritional counseling, orthotics, lifestyle modification / exercise programs and physical rehabilitation programs. While these adjunctive treatments are certainly beneficial, spinal and joint manipulation remains the primary and most effective mode of treatment by our clinic. Statistics reflect that nearly 95% of patients that seek chiropractic care in Akron do so as a result of musculoskeletal pain.
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Those that have been dealing with chronic pain or have been injured are not the only individuals who should seek chiropractic care in La Grange. The benefits of chiropractic care can be realized for many people with any variety of health conditions including sciatica, sciatic nerve pain, herniated disc, lower back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, and headaches. Even those relatively "healthy" individuals with few, if any, health conditions can see the benefits of chiropractic maintenance care. The impact of life's daily grind adds up stressing the human body in far greater ways than you might realize. Regular chiropractic adjustments can restore and maintain balance within, allowing the innately intelligent human body to heal itself, leaving you better prepared to live life to its fullest.
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Released by: Time Life
Released on: March 13th, 2018.
Director: Various
Cast: Danica McKellar, Fred Savage, Josh Saviano, Dan Lauria, Olivia D'Abo, Jason Hervey
Year: 1988 - 1993
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Co-created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens, The Wonder Years debuted on NBC on January 31, 1988 and the first season lasted only six episodes. The show was, however, a commercial and critical success and it was soon renewed for a full second season that ran seventeen episodes. Following their massive 'complete series' release from last year, Star Vista is now making individual seasons available on DVD. The complete second series of the show ran from November 30th, 1988 through May 16th, 1989.
For those unfamiliar with the show, it revolved around the exploits of Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage), a kid growing up in the late sixties. Kevin lived at home with his kindly mother Norma (Alley Mills), his surly father Jack (Dan Lauria), his hippie sister Karen (Olivia D'Abo) and his obnoxious older brother Wayne (Jason Hervey). Together they lived in a perfectly normal suburb where Kevin went to school with his best friends Paul Pfieffer (Josh Saviano) and Winnie Cooper (Danica McKellar), the latter of whom would be Kevin's on again/off again girlfriend throughout much of the series. The series is presented with narration from Kevin's adult self (voiced by Daniel Stern) which in turn provides some reflection on the events we see unfold from an adult perspective.
You don't have to have been around in the sixties to appreciate this show. The way in which the story of Kevin and his family and friends unfolds is plenty easy to relate to as it is very much grounded in reality. The series does intertwine newsworthy events and topics of the era into the series as it deals with everything from military conflicts to free love to drug use to civil rights, but we see this through Kevin's eyes and experience it with him rather than watch him go it alone. The narration also does a great job of providing a more modern, adult context to what we see Kevin going through in his younger days. Stern does a fantastic job here and anyone who has personally looked back on something they did as a kid and wondered why they did what they did should appreciate his take on the material.
The show is anchored through not only good writing but good acting as well. As Kevin Arnold, a wide-eyed Fred Savage creates a likeable and believable kid. Kevin isn't the coolest kid around, nor is he at the bottom of the pecking order: he's decidedly average. His parents aren't rich, but they aren't poor and in a lot of ways to some of the other kids he's just sort of there. This becomes interesting as Winnie develops and becomes a bit higher up on the cool factor than he and a lot of this second season deals with how they both handle that side of things. We see Kevin rebel here, and so too do we see the consequences of his not really thinking things through. Savage handles all of this well and the onscreen relationship that he shares with Danica McKellar, who is every bit as good as he, is not only sweet but realistic as well. Josh Saviano as Kevin's right hand man Paul is also great and some conflict that occurs between these two best friends also creates some interesting plot lines that run throughout the show.
As great as the leads are, the supporting players are every bit as good. Jason Hervey is insanely good at being Kevin's bratty bigger brother while Dan Lauria frequently steals every scene he's in. Alley Mills is wonderful as Mrs. Arnold, you really believe she cares about her family and that she has their best intentions in mind while Olivia D'Abo is good as the hippie sister (and possibly the inspiration for Haley on American Dad?).
The show also features impressive attention to period detail. The dress and wardrobe work all looks spot on as does the set decorating, the way in which certain characters speak, and the way in which current events are worked into the show. The series also does a great job of working plenty of music from the era in to the show at wholly appropriate times. Speaking of which, it's worth noting that the episodes as they are presented in this set are offered up in their original broadcast versions, so all of the original music (tracks from Bob Dylan, Carol King, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, Cream, Joni Mitchell, Muddy Waters, The Troggs, Simon And Garfunkel, Traffic, Diana Ross, James Taylor, Donovan and quite a few more) is included here with the exception of the Heart Of Darkness episode. Here Riders On The Storm, by The Doors, has been replaced with a song called Children Of The Night (which sounds intentionally similar) during the sequence in which Kevin dreams he appears in front of his class in his pajamas.
Moving away from the first two seasons, season three sees the writing team firing on all cylinders. That nice balance of nostalgia for your childhood years and witty, funny and realistic humor meshes beautifully here. When mixed with the top notch acting delivered by pretty much every member of the crew, well, it's easy to see how this show holds up as well as it does. The opening episode set the tone nicely. Here the Arnold's and the Pfeiffer's vacation together at the shore only to see Paul's allergies go nuts and Kevin fall for a girl, which goes a long way towards healing the broken heart handed to him when he found out Winnie was seeing someone else. The relationship between Kevin and Winnie was obviously a huge part of the storylines that ran throughout the show and here, as we did in season two, we once again see it tested. They're getting older, they're not kids anymore, and what once seemed 'meant to be' is now very much up in the air.
As the season plays out we see the funny side of everyday life. Kevin struggles with his math grades, Wayne gets his driver's license, Kevin and Winnie reconnect while working on a school play together while Jack struggles with what to do about the family car seemingly to be on its last legs. Kevin makes a new friend and joins his garage band, has trouble asking a girl to the dance and gets a puppy with from his grandfather while Paul winds up on the rocks with his lady friend Carla. Another Valentine's Day comes and goes, and of course young love cause problems the way young love always causes problems when you're a teenager and it's Valentine's Day. Some things never change. Kevin and Jack bond over building a treehouse only to use it to spy on the hot neighbor and things get tense for Kevin and Winnie when, after getting back together, they wind up at a make-out party that neither of them are really and truly ready for.
Jack and Norma go through a rocky patch when she loses the receipts for the year's tax return, Kevin is forced to think about mortality and then later about favoritism when trying out for the baseball team (though not in the way that you'd expect). As the season comes to a close, Paul finds himself crushing pretty hard on Kevin's mom after she tries to help him boost his low self-esteem, Karen pushes back when the family tries to plan a special celebration for her eighteenth birthday and, in the last episode, we learn that the Cooper's are moving. When Kevin wants to buy Winnie a ring and make a commitment to her, she pushes back…
Again, there's nothing here that couldn't happen to anyone pretty much anywhere in North America, and that's what makes this show so accessible. The sixties make it an interesting back drop as we see elements of social change work their way into the lives of the various characters but more than anything else this show is about relationships, be they familial, romantic or just good old fashioned friendships.
Season Four, like every season of the show really, also features some great music. Contributions from the likes of Marvin Gaye, The Ronettes, The Monkees, Hank Williams, Glenn Miller and Aretha Franklin appear alongside occasional classical selections like pieces from Mozart, Bach and Beethoven. The music in the series is a big part of its appeal, not just in the selections that make their way into the series, but just as importantly how those selections are used. Those behind the music in the series very clearly put a lot of thought into how each selection would have an impact on the viewership, be it to heighten dramatic tension or enhance the series' typically very effective comedy.
What makes season four differ from the first three is that Kevin and his friends are, once again, getting a bit older and growing up. Since the series started with him as a pretty young kid, each season sees this happen to an extent but in season four we see him change from a kid into an adolescent. This is made clear in the season opener when he and some of the other boys are at the public pool checking out a young lady filling her bikini rather nicely. That same episode finds Karen being shipped away to college, Wayne getting a new girlfriend and then promptly being dumped by her, and Jack losing out on a promotion. So right from the start, a lot is happening in Kevin's world, even before the wonders of puberty are taken into account.
When that summer comes to an end, it's time to start his first year of high school, the big difference here isn't so much that he's in high school but it's that Kevin's best gal ever, Winnie Cooper, isn't with him. She's off at another school on the other side of town, but meeting Madeline Adams (Julie Condra) makes that a little easier for him, at least at first. Kevin is bullied, he and his friends try to make their way into a girl's sleepover under the pretense that they'll be bringing some beer, and Kevin decides to increase his earning potential by taking a job at the local golf course, which leads to a lesson in respect when he winds up caddying for his dad and his boss.
But of course, sooner or later it's got to come back to Winnie, right? She and Kevin share their one year anniversary (marking the date when he should have asked her out but didn't) when she gives him an ID bracelet. Instead of going out with her that night, however, he has to go to Madeline's house to work on a school project. This understandably causes tension in the world of young love, a world that becomes even more complex when Paul's younger sister, Debbie (Torrey Anne Cook), starts to crush pretty -hard on Kevin. As the school year moves on, Paul actually makes the basketball team, Jack gets a promotion that requires him to travel more, and Kevin busts Coach Cutlip working a second job as a mall Santa. Kevin launches a campaign for Student Council President against Becky Slater (Crystal McKellar) and then, on a field trip done in conjunction with Winnie's school, Kevin can't help but notice how her new friends have changed her already, only to find that she's met someone else. They break it off and Winnie sets out with new beau Roger. Kevin doesn't take this well, and there's a good stretch of episodes where she doesn't appear. When she does come back to the series, she's split with Roger but there are still some obvious walls up. Again, Kevin is going to do what Kevin has to do here, but we won't spoil the later part of the season for those checking it out for the first time.
The series, as Kevin gets older, becomes increasingly more adult as it goes on and you can really start to see that this time around. Kevin's becoming a young man, and all of the toils and tribulation involved in that evolution are on full display. Of course, the backdrop of the era in which all of this takes place still factors into the storylines. Kevin's mom is still very much that, a stay at home mom, while Jack heads out into the work force, bound and determined to get enough money to buy her a new stove. With Karen off at college she factors into the series less (though she's not completely absent) and Wayne takes more of a back seat here than he has in the past, letting us focus on Kevin's issues more than anything else. And it works. His circle of friends expands a bit, there's more to it now than just Paul and Winnie, but they remain his closest confidants, even as things appear to be shifting in the season finale.
The series is firing on all cylinders at this point in its six season run. The writers were taking things in more interesting directions, the drama and the comedy were mixing flawlessly and the actors were doing work that was just as strong as those behind the scenes. At this point, we really felt like we knew the characters and anyone old enough to relate to the experiences of the teenagers in the series would have no trouble doing just that. Great television, through and through.
The sixth and final season of The Wonder Years brings to a close the story of Kevin Arnold and his family, friends and other assorted characters from his to this point. Those new to the series are best to start with the first season, as obviously a lot of the storylines here have played out to a certain degree in the five seasons prior. The twenty-two episodes that make up this series are spread across four DVDs and are presented unedited (not that there was all that much to censor but certain TV channels have shown these in syndication with the odd mild cuss bleeped).
When this last season starts, Kevin is starting eleventh grade. With Paul (Josh Saviano) now class president and things getting kind of hum-drum for Kevin, he starts hanging out with Jeff Billings (Giovanni Ribisi) more often. He and Winnie (Danica McKellar) are still an item but when Kevin takes a job delivering for Mr. Chong's and has to put the restaurant logo on his car, she gets embarrassed to be seen with him. Early on in this episode there are tensions between Kevin and Winnie, it's a recurring theme throughout the show but especially obvious in these later episodes.
Politics rear their ugly head when Wayne (Jason Hervey) meets up with his old friend David "Wart" Wirtshafter, recently back from a tour of duty in Vietnam. His adjustment period is tough. Kevin asserts his independence when he goes on a disastrous fishing trip with Wayne and Jack (Dan Lauria), and again, we start to see the kind of tensions arise that always arise when teenagers become adults and have to push back, warranted or not, with their parents and older siblings. From there, Kevin gets drunk at a wedding, he takes a job painting a house for his pretty teacher Miss Farmer (Rebecca Staab) only for it to go horribly wrong and Winnie gets some firsthand experiences with an election. When Kevin tries to get Winnie to sleep with him and fails, he misspeaks to the guys at school and rumor's start to spread, driving a further wedge between he and she while Wayne falls for an older single mom named Bonnie Douglas (Paula Marshall) who he meets at work and soon makes plans to move in with her and help raise her kid, much to the dismay of Norma (Alley Mills), who is understandably concerned about this.
School and work start causing Kevin some stress and Paul in particular is freaking out about SAT's. Jack leaves his old job to go into partnership with a friend and open a furniture business, family drama makes New Year's Ever a night to remember, Kevin and his friends do their damnedest to see The Rolling Stones play at a local dive bar, Coach Silva (James Tolkan) invite Kevin to try out for the school wrestling team, a trip to the planetarium takes some unexpected turns, Norma takes a job for the first time and then she and Jack attend her high school reunion.
When summer rolls around, Winnie takes a job at a resort out of town, working as a lifeguard. When Kevin's plans to drive cross-country are shut down by his dad, he takes a job as a waiter at the same resort so he can hang out with her for the summer, only to find out that they're too busy and that Winnie is interested in another guy working out there. From there, the series finale wraps up most of the show's loose ends and Kevin's adult narration puts a lot of things in perspective.
The Wonder Years was great right from the start and while the last two seasons don't quite match the quality of the first four, they're not so far off. The writing was strong throughout and while some fans did get their fur up a bit by the way that the series finished off, in hindsight the ending seems quite fitting. The narration seals the deal, viewing the past from an adult's point of view and clearly through rose tinted glasses, the way that many of us, as we age, tend to view large portions of our younger days that may have been, at the time, far less than ideal. It's rare that a series captures the power of nostalgia as well as this show did, but they pulled it off.
As always, the music used throughout the series plays a huge part in making it work as well as it does. This time around we get contributions from The Association, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Beach Boys, Canned Heat, The Champs, Eddie Cochran, Joe Cocker, Nat King Cole, The Everly Brothers, Marvin Gaye, Lesley Gore, Grateful Dead, Ben E. King, The Miracles, The O'Jays, Helen Reddy, Johnny Rivers, The Rolling Stones, Sam & Dave, Frank Sinatra, Stealers Wheel, Steely Dan, Hank Williams and Tammy Wynette amongst others. The music is always appropriate to the situation at hand and most of the time, of the era in which it is all set.
And again, the performances are great. Fred Savage brought Kevin to life and made it look easy and it's interesting to see how both the character and the actor change as the series evolves. Dan Lauria, Jason Hervey and Alley Mills are all really strong here too. Hervey's character matures a lot in this season and so again, we see the actor and the character change, growing into adulthood before our eyes. Josh Saviano has less to do this season than past seasons as Paul and Kevin are definitely growing apart by this point, something that most of us can relate to in some way, but he turns Paul into a more mature and intelligent character than he was in the early seasons. Danica McKellar is once again perfectly cast as Winnie, and if she took a back seat in season five, in this last season her relationship with Kevin once again becomes a big focus of the story arc.
Each and every episode of The Wonder Years is presented in its original fullframe broadcast aspect ratio, which is as it should be. The video quality here isn't going to floor anyone but the material here looks decent enough. As a lot of fans are probably aware, the series was shot on 16mm to give it an authentic period feel, but then transferred to tape for editing purposes. Given that it is from those tapes that the DVD transfers would seem to have been sourced, you can't expect sterling picture quality here but the show is definitely watchable enough. Black levels can sometimes be closer to dark grey than true black but for the most part the colors are reproduced reasonably well. Some small white specks do pop up here and there and there are some minor compression artifacts throughout but odds are that if you're not specifically looking for them you won't notice them. Given the origins of the series, the good definitely outweighs the bad here. This is a perfectly decent presentation of some iffy source material.
An English language Dolby Digital 2.0 track is provided for each episode with optional closed captioning provided in English only. Quality here is fine, there are no issues with any hiss or distortion and the dialogue is clean, clear and easy to understand. There's some good channel separation when the music kicks in and a reasonable amount of depth here as well. No alternate language audio or subtitle options are provided.
Extras are season specific and play out across the set as follows:
Season One:
First up, we get a featurette called Highlights From The Wonder Years Cast Reunion in which we get a pretty fun conversation recorded on May 28, 2014 featuring Danica McKellar, Fred Savage, Josh Saviano, Dan Lauria, Olivia D'Abo, Jason Hervey and Alley Mills. It's fun to hear them look back on the show and tell stories from the time they all spent working together on the series.
Up next is With A Little Help From My Friends, a featurette that covers show's inception made up of cast and crew interviews – look for series creators Neal Marlens and Carol Black to show up here as well as Savage, Saviano and McKellar. There are also individually shot interviews here with Marlons and Black, Savage, Saviano and McKellar that each run roughly twenty-minutes or so. There's a bit of overlap but most fans won't mind.
Each disc also features menus and episode selection. The two discs come packaged with a color insert booklet containing an essay from Fred Savage, episode information, disc credits and more.
Season Two:
Extras, all of which are on disc four, start off with School Days which is a roundtable discussion of the series with Danica McKellar, Fred Savage and Josh Saviano. They talk here about the roles they played in the series and share some amusing anecdotes about the T-shaped school set (which had no locks on the lockers) compared to shooting on location in real schools, and what their own real high school experiences were like. Saviano notes that he stayed in his actual high school and refused to transfer and would attend there when the show wasn't being made, Savage transferred from Chicago to L.A. in ninth grade, McKellar was in and out of school all the time as she only worked 2-3 days a week. They then go on to share a mix of stories of their own high school years and stories from the set of the series while it was in production. It's a nice piece that runs just under eight minutes in length.
Also included here is a featurettes called The Times They Are A-Changin': The Era that mixes up clips from the show with interview clips with co-creators Carol Black and Neal Marlens, key grip Skip Cook, producer Bruce Nachbar, executive producer Robert Brush, cast members Josh Saviano, Jason Hervey, Robert Picardo, Dan Lauria, Alley Mills, Olivia D'Abo, Danica McKellar, Wendel Meldrum and Fred Savage. This piece runs just under half an hour in length and the emphasis here is how what would have been current events in the era in which the series was set work their way into the storylines. Some insight from those old enough, when this show was being made, to remember the sixties explains how and why this was done while insight from the younger cast members gives us a look at how the show still balanced all of this with the day to day drama that occurs when characters are 'coming of age.' This is well put together and quite good.
Separate interviews are also included here with Daniel Stern (who talks for over half an hour about taking the role and how he felt about the series, relating to the character of Kevin Arnold and more), Dan Lauria (who talks for twenty-minutes about how Joanna Kerns from Growing Pains inadvertently got him the role, his thoughts on his own high school experience, what it was like playing Kevin's dad in the series and quite a bit more) and Alley Mills (she spends thirty-four minutes discussing her thoughts on reading the pilot, getting the role, her character and what made her really enjoy working on the series). Each disc includes menus and episode selection and inside the keepcase alongside the four discs is a full color booklet including episodes synopsis' and some information on the series and the DVD release.
Season Three:
The extras, all of which are on disc four, start out with Hall Pass: Roundtable With Danica McKellar, Fred Savage, and Josh Saviano that runs for about eight minutes. They talk about 'the magic of' the series and note the sincerity of it being key to its longevity, but they also talk about the music, the directing and other qualities. They also talk about how the series took the perspective of the kid, which was rare for shows at the time that this show originally aired.
We also get a featurettes here called A Family Affair: At Home With The Arnolds which is an interesting look back at the characters and what the actors who played The Arnolds brought to their respective roles. The actors are interviewed here too, it's a nice retrospective if not super in-depth considering it's almost half an hour long. Disc four also contains a selection of solo interviews with cast members Olivia d'Abo (roughly thirty-three minutes), Jason Hervey (roughly twenty-four minutes), Danica McKellar (roughly sixteen minutes) and Crystal McKellar (roughly twenty-one minutes). These are actually more interesting than the At Home piece as the interviewees offer up some rather revealing information about their experiences on the series, how they got into character, their acting experience before and after the show and their thoughts on the series years later.
Each disc also features menus and episode selection. The four discs come packaged with a color insert booklet containing an essay from Fred Savage, episode information, disc credits and more.
Season Four:
First up, as far as the extras go, is a featurette called ABC: Teachers That Made A Difference that is a thirty-six minute long piece that covers the cast members that played the teachers in the Wonder Years universe. Through a series of interesting cast and crew interviews we look back at Kevin's crush on Miss White (Wendel Meldrum), the English teacher who talked him into performing in the school play. We also learn about his relationship with Mr. Collins, his science teacher Mr. Cantwell (Ben Stein), his math teacher, and of course his relationship with Coach Cutlip (Robert Picardo), the gym teacher who always seemed to butt heads with young Mr. Arnold.
Aside from that we also get some decent interviews with Fred Savage, Robert Picardo, Ben Stein and Wendel Meldrum. These are all done on camera, individually, and they're pretty in-depth. Savage covers some of the same ground here he has in other interviews on earlier seasons but getting the actors who played the teachers down to talk about their work on the series was a good move, as they've got their share of amusing anecdotes to offer up. Menus and chapter selection are provided for each episode. There's an insert booklet included in the set, containing information on each episode as well as credits, guest appearance info, an intro from Fred Savage and more.
Season Five:
Extras are pretty solid here. That's A Wrap! Mark B. Perry's Farewell Set Tour, as it sounds, a set tour in which the writer/producer of the series gives us a quick, five minute tour of the set. This was his last season working on the show. It's interesting to see, but not as substantial as Will You Love Me Tomorrow: The Wonder Years' Love Stories that takes a look at the various romantic subplots that were such a big part of the show's success. This twenty-six minute piece does not focus on Kevin and Winnie as you might expect, but instead on the other girls that Kevin got involved with as well as the courtship and marriage between Karen and Michael that becomes very important in this season. It's marginally amusing and occasionally touching but it doesn't really do much to document the history of the show, rather, it simply recounts a lot of what fans already know by recapping the different storylines.
Additionally, the set includes some interviews, the first of which is with Olivia d'Abo, who as we all know played Karen Arnold in the series. This was the last season to feature her and here she speaks for thirty-five minutes about her experiences working on the series, her thoughts on the character and the different people she worked with on the show over the years and more. Complimenting this nicely is a forty-minute interview with David Schwimmer, who played Michael, Karen's fiancé then husband. He covers similar ground, talking about his experiences on set, some of the turmoil that his character went through and his thoughts on the show overall. Both are nicely done and quite interesting. It's nice to see some of the supporting characters covered as in-depth as they are in these two interviews.
Season Six:
Extras are made up primarily of a few featurettes, the first of which of is At Last: The Final Episode wherein most of the key cast and crew members look back on what went into finishing up the series and bringing it all to a conclusion in this final season. This piece runs sixteen minutes and it's mostly made up of brief interview clips, but it's interesting enough. Also on hand is an interview with Bob Brush, the Executive Producer of the series. He speaks for over fifty-minutes about working the show, how it got off the ground, casting the picture and what the various actors brought to the series, writing the show and loads more. He looks back on this with a lot of wit and insight, this is a great piece. Lastly, in the five minute From The Vault: Alley Mills And Bob Brush Letters piece Mills reads to the camera both a letter she wrote to Brush when the series ended as well as his response to her.
It's also worth noting that Time Life gives you the option of watching the season finale in its original hour long broadcast format or as the two part format that it was shown as when put into syndication. Menus and episode selection are included for each of the four discs in the set and tucked away inside the DVD case along with the discs is an insert booklet containing episode information for each of the twenty-two episodes that make up this season.
The Final Word:
The Wonder Years is one of the best television shows of its day and it holds up remarkably well all these years later. The complete series DVD release from Time Life might not look as good as the series really should, but it sounds pretty solid and it features a nice selection of extra features that do a fine job of documenting the history of the show. Great stuff.


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|"Are you a wizard or not?"
The title of this article is conjectural. Although it is based on canonical information, the actual name is a conjecture and may be supplanted at any time by additional information released from canonical sources. If this occurs, please move this page to the appropriate title.
This letter was written by Harry Potter to Sirius Black on 23 August 1994, when Harry had just woken up with his scar hurting.[2]
Dear Sirius,
Thanks for your last letter. That bird was enormous; it could hardly get through my window.
Things are the same as usual here. Dudley's diet isn't going too well. My aunt found him smuggling doughnuts into his room yesterday. They told him they'd have to cut his pocket money if he keeps doing it, so he got really angry and chucked his PlayStation out of the window. That's a sort of computer thing you can play games on. Bit stupid really, now he hasn't even got Mega-Mutilation Part Three to take his mind off things.
I'm okay, mainly because the Dursleys are terrified you might turn up and turn them all into bats if I ask you to.
A weird thing happened this morning, though. My scar hurt again. Last time that happened it was because Voldemort was at Hogwarts. But I don't reckon he can be anywhere near me now, can he? Do you know if curse scars sometimes hurt years afterward?
I'll send this with Hedwig when she gets back; she's off hunting at the moment. Say hello to Buckbeak for me.
P.S. If you want to contact me, I'll be at my friend Ron Weasley's for the rest of the summer. His dad's got us tickets for the Quidditch World Cup!


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So it was a surprise when at the height of the Quebec Referendum (or as Josh Freed put it, the Neverendum) that an attempt was made to satirize the political events by caricaturizing politicians as muscular men willing to slug out for their issues.
Written by Mark Shainblum and illustrated by Gabriel Morrissette, AngloMan was done on the presumption that the political going-ons would be considered too unbelievable if they were being written down as fiction. An excerpt from a foreword reads;
"We couldn't make this place up! DC Comics would reject it in a second! Universal Press Syndicate would laugh at us! Hell, even MAD Magazine would probably slam the door in our faces!"
Even so, there are allusions to S-hero archetypes so as not to completely alienate readers. For instance, AngloMan's costume is modelled after Captain America's, with a bilingual Stop sign for a shield, and lives in The Fortress of Two Solitudes. His rebelious sidekick, West Island Lad insists on calling it the AngloCave, much to AngloMan's annoyance. The female partner Poutinette sometimes shows up to help, with a gun that shoots greasy french fries, though she usually works on her own.
Capitaine Souche (based on former PQ leader Jacques Parizeau) gets his power by calling out a secret number, 101, at which a bolt of lightning falls from the heavens and transforms him, and he has an origin reminiscent of Batman where he was traumatized by his parents not getting any customer service in French.
|I guess you had to be there.
However, the webpage description of NM is slightly incorrect. It should read:
Height: He knows.
Weight: And he ain't telling.
Group Affiliations: Himself
Powers and Abilities: There is literally nothing the Northern Magus can't do. He's a Secret Master of the World, and virtually everybody has done his bidding at one time or another. Angloman may or may not have been set upon his mission and granted his abilities by the Northern Magus. Whether for ultimate good or ultimate evil, we can only guess.
Although AngloMan made his debut in the Montreal Mirror and had two stand-alone books telling longer stories, his exploits have never been fully collected. Part of the reason for the lack of popularity might be the obscureness of the subject material. It could be the scratchy artwork where it was difficult to decipher what was going on, let alone who was being caricatured. Without reference notes explaining the historical themes happening at the time, a lot of the humour is lost.
Another major reason this didn't catch on is because the face of politics keep changing every year or so. Today's leaders may not be the same respectable people tomorrow. Not to mention a constantly rotating cast means that chances of seeing any old favorites would only happen if they were caught up in a recent scandal. As such, the odds are not good.
Or maybe it's because the jokes simply weren't that good.
Quality satire is difficult to get right, especially if it doesn't resonate with the public. It didn't help matters much that people who might've been interested in S-heroes wouldn't enjoy Angloman's foray in Quebec politics. As much as they enjoy convoluted storytelling, they'd be totally lost without understanding all the references. Not to mention everything was in black & white.
And political cartoonists wouldn't enjoy S-heroes peanut butter getting their chocolate suits all dirty. At least in the first story of the second book, it showed the fallacy of a Superhero registry system better than Marvel's Civil War.
Naturally, Angloman being a Captain America archetype (and rational Superhero) is reluctant to give away his real name. However, he's assured that he's protected by the "Loi sur la confidentialé des secrets imbeciles en ridicules". After being reassured by the confidentiality agreement, he starts filing out the rest of the overly complex form requirements.
Having failed to meet the requirements, Angloman's forced to wait for his turn and wait for his number to come up:
I didn't bother to save too many of the comics that appeared in the newspaper, since the majority of them went over my head. I only kept the ones that had personal significance or relevance to me.
The ironic thing about the comic below is, of the select Angloman comics that're available for online viewing, they're all abysmally small, with some random lines of text or art being whited out. This doesn't make a very compelling argument for preserving the comics if we can't read them properly.
For those of you wondering who the old bald guy with glasses that Dilbert's shooting at among his victims in his postal rage, he's Ben of the Canadian comic strip created by Daniel Shelton. He's a family strip about an elderly couple, their children, and their grandchildren, and is based on what the author feels like he'll (hopefully) grow up to be when he's within retirement age.


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I'm baaaaaack!
Yes, life got in the way there for a while! But after quite a long break at my little blog, I've decided I miss it, so I hope there are still one or two of you out there who haven't forgotten me!
So, on to important business: is everyone excited about the return of Game of Thrones? I am! And it got me thinking about Husband's birthday party last year, which he requested a Game of Thrones theme. It was great fun, and a good time was had by all (even the people who'd never seen or read GoT, thankfully!) We didn't make them dress up (although we did, of course!), but I did theme all the foods etc, and luckily people really got into it, and enjoyed the chance to - quite literally - share meat and mead with us!
Honestly? I'm not going to go into the savouries in detail - you'll do much better just heading over to The Inn At The Crossroads for that - suffice to say that the Honeyed Chicken is delish! I also made Saladhor Sahn's meatballs and eggplant dip, as well as a couple of salads (one from The Inn, one I just cobbled together based on the description in the book). They were all good. Sansa's lemon cakes also made an appearance.
But you're here to see cookies, right? Well, here they are:
Houses Stark, Tully, Targaryen, Frey, Lannister and Martell, respectively. Various versions of each House's sigil may be found via Google if you're interested in recreating these - pick the ones you like best!
For those of you who like to have a point of reference, here are a couple of the designs shown on a set of coasters I bought for the party:-
The coasters can be found (among other places) at ThinkGeek.
Anyway, must run for now, but I hope you like these cookies, and that they put you in the mood for this week's instalment! (now if only George RR Martin would finish the last book....)


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Video: The History of Cold Cuts on 'Modern Marvels'
Happy National Cold Cuts Day, everyone! Why is March 3 a day for celebrating cold cuts? Because the Internet said so. Learn more about wide world of cold sliced meats (and meat substitutes) with this episode of The History Channel's Modern Marvels on the history and production of cold cuts, featuring bologna, salami, pastrami, head cheese, liverwurst, olive loaf, and Tofurky. Watch the videos after the jump.
The History of Cold Cuts, Part 1 (Bologna and Salami)
The History of Cold Cuts, Part 2 (Pastrami)
The History of Cold Cuts, Part 3 (Head Cheese, Liverwurst, and Olive Loaf)
The History of Cold Cuts, Part 4 (Tofurky)
Bonus Videos: Oscar Meyer Commercial, 1973
I'm pretty sure I learned how to spell "bologna" from the Oscar Meyer jingle.
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Novus International Partners with European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition as Diamond Sponsor
Novus scientists will present latest research on minerals, enzymes and carotenoids
ST. LOUIS – (JULY 28, 2015) — Novus International, Inc., a global leader in animal nutrition, is proud to support the poultry industry and its innovative work through a Diamond Sponsorship of the 20th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition (ESPN). Novus's dedication to industry-leading research in minerals, enzymes and carotenoids will be highlighted at the 2015 ESPN, which is set take place in Prague, Czech Republic, August 24-27.
More than 850 participants are expected to attend this year's meetings and discussions. ESPN gives industry representatives the opportunity to learn from one another by discussing critical topics in their fields. Novus will present its latest advances in poultry nutrition with seven research posters. Novus will also host a lunch symposium on mineral environmental constraints during the conference.
The lunch symposium and discussion will be held Thursday, Aug. 27 from 12:30 – 13:15 at the Prague Congress Center Plenary Room. Dr. Laura Star, Poultry Nutrition Researcher at Schothorst Feed Research will present on the "Environmental constraints in poultry related to Zn, Cu and Mn".
"We recognize the need to protect the environment. We make the investments in technology that helps us develop sustainable solutions for our customers," commented Uwe Ranft, Area General Manager of Europe & Middle East at Novus. "For example, our MINTREX® chelated trace minerals are exceptional in their ability to optimize nutrition and enhance animal health and performance. MINTREX is absorbed and used by the animal to a much greater degree when compared to other trace mineral sources. This maintains production efficiency with lower mineral inclusions, resulting in fewer minerals excreted, offering producers the ability to have a positive impact on the environment."
For more information about Novus's presence at the ESPN, or to register to the lunch symposium, visit www.novusint.com/ESPN2015.
About Novus International, Inc.
Novus International, Inc. is headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. and serves customers in over 100 countries around the world. A global leader in developing animal health and nutrition solutions, Novus International's products include ALIMET® and MHA® feed supplements, ACTIVATE® nutritional feed acid, ACIDOMIX® preservative premixture, CIBENZA® enzyme feed additive, MINTREX® chelated trace minerals, SANTOQUIN® feed preservative, AGRADO® feed antioxidant and many other specialty ingredients. Stratum Nutrition, a division of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC, focuses on human nutrition through specialty and functional ingredients for manufacturers of foods, beverages and dietary supplements (www.stratumnutrition.com).
Novus is privately owned by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. and Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. For more information, visit www.novusint.com. ©2015 Novus International, Inc. All rights reserved.


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Proceeds go towards bursary funding to enable more people to take part in Sail Training.
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FAYETTEVILLE — The Arkansas men's track program has enjoyed plenty of Southeastern Conference success under coach Chris Bucknam, winning six consecutive competitions dating back to the 2011 SEC Outdoor meet.
Bucknam and the Razorbacks would love to see the number climb to seven this week. But Bucknam also sounded a little cautious about the chances after an outdoor season affected by plenty of weather issues.
"We'd like to extend it, but we're not trying to get ahead of ourselves," Bucknam. "We have to get the job done and perform. The Oregon meet was a good test for us in regard to head to head competition. But other than that, we haven't been tested. … We're a little bit nervous in regard to the lighter schedule we've had."
Arkansas — which has had one outdoor meet cancelled and another dampened by wet weather — is hoping it won't be detrimental to its goal as the Razorbacks take aim at the 2013 SEC Championships in Columbia, Mo.
Both the men's and women's teams open the four-day meet with bragging rights after grabbing SEC Indoor titles earlier this winter. They'd like to sweep the SEC Outdoor meet as well and build momentum for the rest of championship season.
"I think that we have the footprint of a team that could challenge for the win," Arkansas women's coach Lance Harter said. "But it never gets any easier in the SEC."
The men's team is ranked No. 5 in the latest U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association rankings heading into the SEC Outdoors, trailing top-ranked Florida and No. 2 Texas A&M. But Bucknam still believes Arkansas — which is coming off an NCAA Indoor national championship as well — has enough depth and firepower to top both programs to win the program's 18th SEC Outdoor title.
It will take a big performance in a conference that has added Texas A&M and Missouri since Arkansas' dominant win in 2012. Bucknam said it won't be easy.
"Those days are gone," said Bucknam, whose team piled up 196 points and eight event titles last year. "This is a new meet. But I do feel like we've got the firepower to challenge for an SEC championship and the target is on our back."
Bucknam said Arkansas will need big performances to help make up for events it will lose ground in like the javelin, hammer throw and relays. But Bucknam believes an "all hands on deck" approach can pay off for the Razorbacks.
"I feel like we're in the driver's seat," Bucknam said. "But we still have to perform."
Harter, meanwhile, said his sixth-ranked Razorbacks should be in a tight race with No. 2 Texas A&M, No. 3 Florida, No. 4 LSU and No. 10 Georgia. The Arkansas women's team finished third at the 2012 SEC Outdoor Championships, but have had a strong year in cross country (second place) and SEC Indoor track (first place).
Arkansas' success could hinge on how well two stars — Regina George and Sparkle McKnight — handle loaded schedules. Each sprinter will compete in four events for a team that last won an SEC Outdoor Championship in 2004.
"Their fitness is excellent," Harter said. "They went to Penn and ran fast, very fast, for their respective counties. So I think as far as positive momentum, both mentally and physically, they both have it."
The meet kicks off championship season for both squads.
The NCAA West Preliminary meet will be held May 23-25, while the NCAA Outdoor Championships are set for June 5-8. The conference crown is on the line this week, but Bucknam believes Arkansas' performs could set the tone for the national meet.
"We'll be able to answer that question a little bit better after this weekend in regards to how that translates to the national championships," Bucknam said. "We do feel like if we stay healthy and fit, no unforeseen casualties with our top tier guys, we feel like we can contend for a national title as well. We feel like we're in the mix."


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The game itself hasn't launched yet but after registering with Sapphire Selected Club, you'll be eligible to download the full version of the game on 21st of December, when the game launches. Perhaps the best part is that all this comes at only €30 higher price than reference one.
We have a few scores below and more to come soon, and there is even a chance that some of you might win this card. We will announce the details of our holiday giveaway very soon.
The card is already listed in stores and you can find it here.
Sapphire HD 6970 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam Limited Edition runs at reference clocks, which isn't a surprise as HD 6970 cards didn't quite exhibit serious overclocking capabilities. We've been informed that TriXX support will be released for 6900 series and will support overclocking, fan control, saving settings, etc. However, it is unlikely that it will support voltage changes, since it would conflict with Powertune.
All in all, the HD 6970 is a card that will surely satisfy your performance needs.


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Cody writes: Dear Chely, I have a terrible, terrible problem and I don't know where else to turn. You see, all this pollen is getting my truck dirty, and my girlfriend says she won't go out with me unless my truck is clean. She says she doesn't want to be seen in a big yellow truck. I wash it every day to make her happy. What should I do?
Dear Cody: My, my, my you do have a problem, but it's not pollen or your dirty truck. It's your girlfriend! How in the world could you let yourself get mixed up with someone so superficial as a girl who refuses to go out with you unless your truck is clean. Let me guess: you're probably tall and fit, maybe you play on the football team. I'm sure you're nice looking, too. Well let me tell you something. Looks change over the years. If she won't go out with you in your dirty truck, how fast do you think she'll dump you when you get hair growing in strange places, or those size 32 Levi's don't fit as nicely as they do now. Do yourself a favor. Get rid of her, and write "I'm Free" in the pollen on your truck hood. (Follow Chely on Twitter.)
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I love the book2 site, but this idea? — not so much. Not at all. In fact, I hate the very notion. I can't imagine too many things more inimical to genuine reading than obsessively tracking the number of pages you read.
bkkeepr — I'll sure be glad when the people who name applications rmmbr whr d vwls r n thr kybrds — is bad in three ways.
First, it takes attention away from the experience of reading and towards the mere fact of having read.
Second, it renders the mere fact of having read in quantitative terms — the emphasis is on getting from page 1 to page 220, not on paying attention to what happens on any given page. If your eyes are scanning the lines, then it doesn't matter whether your brain engages with any of the words.
And third, it diverts the reader's attention from whatever he or she is reading to his or her own (supposed) achievement as a high-volume reader.
Reading a book shouldn't be like putting in X number of minutes on an elliptical trainer. It shouldn't be a form of what C. S. Lewis called "ethical hygiene." Read what you like and stop with the counting already. As Randall Jarrell used to say: "Read at whim!"